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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Oracle Systems Solaris Common Desktop Environment Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-24040 CVSS:7.1

Oracle Systems could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a bug in the parser of lpstat in dtprintinfo when using the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). By using the $HOME/.printers file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary printer names and manipulate the control flow and disclose memory contents on Solaris 10 systems.

CVE-2023-24039 CVSS:7.8

Oracle Systems Solais is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by ParseColors in libXm when using the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). By using the dtprintinfo setuid binary, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems.

Impact

Security Bypass
Buffer Overflow

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

CVE-2023-24040
CVE-2023-24039

Affected Vendors

Oracle

Affected Products

Oracle Solaris 10

Remediation

Refer to Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information

Oracle Web SIte

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